The twenty sixth Bucheon Worldwide Animation Competition (BIAF) efficiently concluded from October 25 to 29 in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province. This occasion provided animation lovers a particular alternative to get pleasure from a variety of works from world wide.
BIAF has established itself as a hub for home and worldwide animation every year, with 2,835 entries from 106 nations submitted this yr. Amongst them, 122 movies from 34 nations had been chosen for closing screening by means of a judging course of. The pageant awarded a complete of 70 million gained in prizes throughout 23 classes, together with 16 major awards and 7 particular awards. Notably, the Grand Prize winner within the brief movie class is eligible to submit their work as a preliminary candidate for the next yr’s Oscars.
This yr’s opening movie was “Letter from Heaven” directed by Kim YongHwan, which touched audiences by addressing the heavy themes of bullying and college violence with heat visuals. AKMU SuHyun participated because the voice of the primary character ‘Sori,’ drawing consideration.
Through the pageant, varied facet occasions had been additionally organized. Along with the worldwide competitors classes for function movies, shorts, pupil movies, and TV & commissioned works, exhibitions and performances such because the ‘Animation OST Live performance,’ ‘Ani-Grasp Exhibition,’ and ‘Ani-Dream Exhibition’ came about. Moreover, particular lectures by character animator Raul Garcia, identified for Disney’s “Magnificence and the Beast,” “Aladdin,” and “The Lion King,” and the 11-second animation movie pageant acquired nice acclaim from members.
On the ultimate day of the pageant, “Memoir of a Snail” directed by Adam Elliot gained the Grand Prize for function movies, bringing the occasion to an in depth. Jury President Ann Marie Fleming praised the movie as an “unique work that explores life’s trauma by means of delicate human expression in stop-motion animation, with darkish but heat humor.” The Jury Award for function movies went to “Letter from Heaven.”
BIAF 2024 has set the stage for additional development by highlighting each the creative worth and industrial potential of animation. Expectations are excessive for what inventive works will emerge subsequent yr. Extra info may be discovered on the official web site.
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